'Gossip Girl' Would Be a Digital-Video Series Today, Former CW Exec Says

If "Gossip Girl" premiered today, it would be a digital-video series, according to Dawn Ostroff, former president of entertainment at The CW Television Network, which aired the teenage melodrama for six seasons starting in 2007.Speaking at the Interactive Advertising Bureau's annual conference Monday, Ms. Ostroff, now president of Conde Nast Entertainment, said digital video would allow the show's creators to dive deeper into the show's many characters with short videos that accompany the episodes. She even likened it to a video game, where viewers have control over their experience.Ms. Ostroff helped introduce and lead the CW network in 2006. Lately, however, digital video has become a far more urgent topic for her. As president of Conde Nast Entertainment since 2011, she oversees the video content for many of the magazines Conde Nast publishes, including Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour, GQ and Wired. This year alone, she said, Conde Nast Entertainment has introduced more than 100 digital-video series. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

[ Advertising Age | 2014-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why video is still the best investment for digital publishers

Today, video is recognized as the most important medium for viewer engagement. Despite a competitive environment publishers still are aware of the importance of engaging audiences via video. From building trust in the content to gaining internal confidence in a video strategy, here are a few... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2019-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Publishers were always a second priority’: Confessions of a former Facebook exec on the platform’s struggles with video

"We generated revenue from brands. If content was so important, you’d think we would be trying harder to please publishers." The post ‘Publishers were always a second priority’: Confessions of a former Facebook exec on the platform’s struggles with video appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2019-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Video Briefing: The pros and cons of a digital media merger

BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti floated the idea of a merger between big digital publishing companies. Here's how a merger could -- but ultimately won't -- help. The post Video Briefing: The pros and cons of a digital media merger appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wednesday Wake-Up Call: Gawker's rebirth, Facebook's new video series and other news

Welcome to Ad Age's Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device. Search for "Ad Age" under "Skills" in the Alexa app. What people are talking about today: Gawker, the gossip site, is staging... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2018-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Rundown: With today’s video strategies, publishers are managing their risk

With their latest forays into long-form and TV, digital publishers are taking a far less risky approach to video. The post The Rundown: With today’s video strategies, publishers are managing their risk appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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USA Today finds there’s still money to be made from feel-good videos on Facebook

The publisher has found success with its "HumanKind" and related video series that tell uplifting stories about people and animals. The post USA Today finds there’s still money to be made from feel-good videos on Facebook appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

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Finnish Digital Media Fund IPR.VC Backs Development of YA Book Series for Television

With plans for multiplatform development to follow, the allegorical fantasy writings of Italian author Roberto Ricci are coming first to television. The post Finnish Digital Media Fund IPR.VC Backs Development of YA Book Series for Television appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Conde Nast’s digital leadership ranks thin with recent exec departures

The departures come at a particularly challenging time for the embattled prestige magazine publisher. The post Conde Nast’s digital leadership ranks thin with recent exec departures appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Magazine Execs Batten Down the Digital Hatches at AMMC

At the American Magazine Media Conference, top brass acknowledges that the future remains unclear, but brand affinity and loyal readers will light the way forward. The post Magazine Execs Batten Down the Digital Hatches at AMMC appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

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For Digital Publishers, The “Pivot To Video” Bloodbath Is Here

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[ Fast Company | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Video series on Facebook are already driving higher engagement, which is a good sign for Facebook Watch

Publishers are shifting resources to multi-episode video shows and other serialized programming from standalone videos as a result. The post Video series on Facebook are already driving higher engagement, which is a good sign for Facebook Watch appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

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Ad Age Wake-Up Call: Changes Ahead for Social Media Video Ads, and Other News to Know Today

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Digital Publishers Have Been Slow to Adopt Vertical Video Ads. Is That About to Change?

MediaRadar is a cloud-based intelligence platform which uses data science to give ad sales advice on millions of brands. The company published a trend report on Tuesday, Vertical Video Market Snapshot: Q1 2017, which analyzed the use of vertical video advertising by media properties in the first... Continue reading at AdWeek

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IAB Announces Schedule for 2017 Digital Video NewFronts

Get your calendars ready to start planning for the sixth annual Digital Content NewFronts. The Interactive Advertising Bureau today announced the programming schedule for the event, which takes place in New York from May 1-12. Participants range from publishing stalwarts like The New York... Continue reading at AdWeek

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Warner Bros. to buy the rest of digital video company Machinima

Warner Bros. has signed a deal to buy the gamer-focused YouTube network Machinima in order to expand the movie and TV studio’s digital video business, the company said Thursday. Burbank-based Warner Bros., the studio behind film franchises like Harry Potter and DC Entertainment, was already a... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Here's What Top Industry Execs Think About the Future of Video

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Sweeping CPG Study Finds Magazines Deliver Biggest Bang for Buck, Digital Video Lags

What medium delivers the biggest bang for the buck? A new study provides a definitive answer, at least for packaged goods, and it's probably not the one anyone expected.Magazines deliver by far the best return on ad spending when compared to TV, digital display and video, mobile and cross-media... Continue reading at Advertising Age

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Calendar Girl Series Sells in 27 Countries

Foreign rights to Audrey Carlan's erotica series, which was originally self-published and began topping ebook bestseller lists in the U.S. earlier this year, have now sold to a flurry of publishers around the world. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Reality check: Video won’t save the day for digital publishers desperate for growth

Many digital publishers are pushing into video, spurred on by growth-hungry VCs and content-starved platforms. But while video is lucrative, there are no guarantees that scale on Facebook will translate to meaningful revenue. Meanwhile, on TV these companies face the problem of competing with... Continue reading at Digiday

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